1 MARCH 1902, page 16

Poetry.

LORD DUFFERIN. [IN MEMORIAM, FEBRUARY 12orn, 1502.] THE frozen February day Creeps on from hour to hour, Winter lies cold on Helen's Bay, And white on Helen's Tower. But icier......

The Anglo-japanese Treaty.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIn,—Surely it is a mistake to regard the Anglo-Japanese Treaty as a " blow " directed either against Russia or against France. It is an......

Great Britain And Germany.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—In his long letter in the Spectator of February 22nd Mr. Horsfall compares statistics of mime in England and Germany. and puts down : in......

Tufted Ducks And Fish. [to The Editor Of The "spectator."1

Sut,—In the article in your last issue headed "The Birds of Reservoirs" the writer alludes to the tufted duck, and describes it as "a sea species, feeding on fish." The tufted......

Shakespeare And Victor Hugo.

[TO TEE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIB,—Victor Hugo had great imagination. But he was an avowed student of Shakespeare. Hence my comment. The following two lines of his play of......